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Backdrops and book or Broadway flats are examples of which theatrical element?
Scenery
Lighting
Costume
Sound
Which one of the following movements is non-locomotor?
hop
slide
twist
leap
Which dynamic marking below is the loudest?
pianissimo
fortissimo
piano
forte
Which of the following is a form of sculpture in which the figures are only slightly raised from the background?
trompe l'œil
trompe l'œil
bas-relief
chiaroscuro
Rembrandt was 25 when a guild of Amsterdam surgeons commissioned him to paint which work below?
The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp
Aristotle Contemplating a Bust of Homer
The Night Watch
The Blinding of Samson
Which of the following Northern Renaissance artists completed three “master engravings,” including Knight, Death, and the Devil?
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Jan van Eyck
Hans Holbein the Younger
Albrecht Dürer
During his career, van Gogh set four of his paintings at them—two in Paris and two in Arles. He painted a nighttime terrace scene of which institution below?
Café
Library
Museum
Church
Around 1907, Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso co-founded which of the following art movements, which eventually broke into Synthetic and Analytical periods?
Dada
Surrealism
Cubism
Abstract Expressionism
Which artist below gave geographical names to many of his paintings, including Room in Brooklyn, Cape Cod Morning, and New York Movie?
Jackson Pollock
Grant Wood
Edward Hopper
Andrew Wyeth
Look at the image. Which of the following freedoms is depicted in the image?
Freedom of Worship
Freedom from Fear
Freedom of Speech
Freedom from Want
Berthe Morisot and Mary Cassatt were leading female artists in which art movement?
Symbolism
Pointillism
Fauvism
Impressionism
Frank Gehry designed three of the following museums. Which one was an I. M. Pei creation?
Guggenheim Bilbao
Museum of Pop Culture
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Vitra Design Museum
Below are four Italian architects. Which one wrote the Four Books on Architecture and designed several UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Vicenza?
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Andrea Palladio
Filippo Brunelleschi
Donato Bramante
Which one of the following architectural features is NOT, by definition, circular?
agora
rose window
rotunda
oculus
He was a leader of the English Baroque architectural movement. Which man below designed more than 50 buildings following the Great Fire of London, including a monument to that tragedy?
Norman Foster
Richard Rogers
Inigo Jones
Christopher Wren
The Lilac, Silver, Gold, and Sugar Plum Fairies all appear in ballets by which of the following composers?
Sergei Prokofiev
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Felix Mendelssohn
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Handel wrote Water Music to fulfill King George the First's request for a concert on which river below?
Thames
Danube
Seine
Volga
Which one of the following compositions did Frédéric Chopin write?
Dido and Aeneas
Polonaise in A-flat Major
Hungarian Rhapsody
Peer Gynt
Leonard Bernstein composed the music for which musical below?
West Side Story
Sunday in the Park with George
Wicked
Showboat
“Begin the Beguine,” “I Get a Kick Out of You,” and “Night and Day” are songs by which of the following composers, who also wrote the music and lyrics to Anything Goes and Kiss Me, Kate?
Benny Goodman
Glenn Miller
Henry Mancini
Cole Porter
Which choice below gives the title of a John Philip Sousa march?
A. “The Star-Spangled Banner”
B. “God Bless America”
C. “The Stars and Stripes Forever”
D. “You’re a Grand Old Flag”
Which of the following instruments has the greatest number of strings?
sitar
ukulele
banjo
Which woodwind below does NOT require one or more reeds?
oboe
flute
clarinet
bassoon
Which of the following instruments does a musician traditionally play two at a time?
glockenspiel
marimba
guiro
maraca
Below are four instrument classifications. In which one does the instrument produce sound when its body vibrates, as in the xylophone or thumb piano?
idiophone
chordophone
membranophone
aerophone
Its beginning overlapped with the Rococo Era. Which musical period lasted from approximately 1750 to 1820?
Renaissance
Baroque
Classical
Romantic
Scat singing is most closely associated with which of the following genres?
Southern gospel
flamenco
jazz
The fastest type of waltz is named for which of the following European cities?
Berlin
Vienna
Prague
Warsaw
Jerome Robbins earned a Tony Award for choreographing which of the following musicals?
Fiddler on the Roof
Chicago
Sweet Charity
Cabaret
He was also a director and choreographer. Which man below starred in the movie musicals An American in Paris and Singin’ in the Rain?
Fred Astaire
Gregory Hines
Gene Kelly
The musical whose songs include “My Blanket and Me” and “The Red Baron” is based on which of the following comic strips?
Dennis the Menace
Calvin and Hobbes
Garfield
Peanuts
Andrew Lloyd Webber composed three of the musicals below. Which one did Stephen Sondheim write?
The Phantom of the Opera
Into the Woods
Evita
Cats
Which of the following characters is an antagonist of Matilda the Musical?
Miss Trunchbull
Jud Fry
Regina George
Below are four songs from Disney stage musicals. Which one can be heard in Aladdin?
A. “A Whole New World”
B. “Let It Go”
C. “Be Our Guest”
D. “I Just Can’t Wait to Be King”
Which of the following is a Jewish holiday?
Shavuot
Shinto
Sunni
Which religious work below did Joseph Smith claim to have translated from golden plates the angel Moroni gave him?
Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures
Dianetics
The Book of Mormon
The Watchtower
It breaks the cycle of samsara, or reincarnation. Which of the following choices names the cessation of
suffering that is the supreme goal of Buddhist meditation?
ramadan
sutra
halal
nirvana
Three of the following deities are Greek. Which one is Roman?
Hermes
Mars
Hera
Poseidon
Which landform below derives its name from the Roman god who was married to Venus?
canyon
ocean
jungle
volcano
He was the son of Zeus and Alcmene. Which of the following mythological heroes completed twelve
labors?
Heracles
Theseus
Jason
Perseus
In 2021, it won the Golden Globe for Best Animated Picture and Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film.
Which movie below tells the story of a music teacher who dreams of becoming a jazz musician?
Soul
Wolfwalkers
Over the Moon
Onward
She collaborated with Lady Gaga on “Rain On Me” and Justin Bieber on “Stuck with U.” Which of the
following singers joined The Voice as a coach in 2021?
Demi Lovato
Olivia Rodrigo
Cardi B
Ariana Grande
Match each Olympic athlete with his or her sport.
x. Caeleb Dressel 1. swimming
y. Naomi Osaka 2. skateboarding
z. Sky Brown 3. tennis
x-3, y-2, z-1
x-2, y-1, z-3
x-1, y-3, z-2
x-1, y-2, z-3
Which of the following composers wrote of Mimi, who is dying of tuberculosis, in the opera La Bohème?
Giacomo Puccini
Maurice Ravel
Hector Berlioz
Giuseppe Verdi
Some followers of which religion below worship the elephant-headed god Ganesh and the half-man,
half-monkey Hanuman?
Daoism
Confucianism
Hinduism
Baha’i
He carried his father on his back to escape Troy. Which choice below names the hero of an epic by the
Roman poet Virgil?
Paris
Aeneas
Odysseus
Achilles
At one time, how many dancers traditionally perform the Russian troika?
1
2
3
4
In the painting seen here, Claude Monet depicted a winter scene populated by what species of bird?
magpie
starling
crow
raven
In one of his “Black Paintings,” Francisco de Goya showed which of the following deities devouring his
son?
Jupiter
Neptune
Mercury
Saturn
Which musical below is set in a Scottish village that appears for one day a century?
Camelot
Carousel
Brigadoon
Big River
Which of the following choices is NOT part of an entablature?
cantilever
architrave
frieze
cornice
A short instrumental work designed to help a musician practice his or her skills is called which of the
following?
madrigal
étude
motet
toccata
Match each actor or actress with his or her TV show.
x. Jace Norman 1. Young Sheldon
y. Paris Berelc 2. Alexa & Katie
z. Iain Armitage 3. Henry Danger
x-2, y-3, z-1
x-1, y-3, z-2
x-2, y-1, z-3
x-3, y-2, z-1
Artists mix gypsum or plaster of Paris with glue to create a substance that serves as a ground for painting. Which of the following choices names that substance?
gesso
sepia
bisque
slip
Which choice below names the musical symbol that resembles a “less than” sign in math?
allegro
crescendo
cadenza
adagio
Which of the following dance elements is concerned with force and weight?
action
energy
time
space
What kind of stage is pictured here?
traverse
thrust
arena
proscenium
Which of the following works did Diego Velázquez paint?
Young Hare
Portrait of Dr. Gachet
Portrait of Innocent X
Belshazzar’s Feast
Michelangelo included a self-portrait in St. Bartholomew’s flayed skin in which one of his artworks, which covers the Sistine Chapel’s altar wall?
Pietà
The Creation of Adam
Madonna of Bruges
The Last Judgment
For his final three decades, which one of the Impressionists below painted many scenes in his garden at Giverny?
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Edgar Degas
Camille Pissarro
Claude Monet
Grant Wood used his native state as the setting for many of his paintings, including American Gothic. Which of the following Midwestern states was it?
Kansas
South Dakota
Iowa
Nebraska
Match each artist with his or her work.
x. Mary Cassatt 1. Early Sunday Morning
y. Edward Hopper 2. Saying Grace
z. Norman Rockwell 3. The Child’s Bath
x-2, y-1, z-3
x-3, y-2, z-1
x-1, y-2, z-3
x-3, y-1, z-2
In architecture, it helped give rise to the International Style. Which of the following art movements,
sometimes called Neoplasticism, did Piet Mondrian co-found?
De Stijl
Der Blaue Reiter
Die Brücke
Dada
Beginning in 1789, Francisco de Goya served as court painter to which of the following rulers?
Catherine the Great
Louis XIV
Charles IV
Ivan the Terrible
Which one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s buildings did he construct as a winter retreat in Scottsdale, Arizona?
Fallingwater
Taliesin West
Imperial Hotel
Taliesin
Which of the following facts about the Colosseum is FALSE?
Fire destroyed it in the 17th century.
It sat east of the forum in Rome.
Its construction began under Emperor Vespasian.
It was also called the Flavian Amphitheater.
Filippo Brunelleschi designed the dome of Santa Maria del Fiore in which Italian city below?
Rome
Venice
Florence
Milan
The column seen here is an example of the simplest Roman architectural order. What was that order’s name?
Composite
Corinthian
Doric
Tuscan
Below are four Richard Wagner operas. Which one is the fourth and final installment of his Ring of the Nibelungen series?
Lohengrin
Twilight of the Gods
The Flying Dutchman
Tristan and Isolde
“Play of the Waves” is the second movement of which Debussy composition below, subtitled Three Symphonic Sketches for Orchestra?
Pelléas et Mélisande
The Prodigal Son
Children’s Corner
La Mer
Which of the following composers wrote the 1812 Overture to celebrate Russian troops’ defeat of Napoleon’s army?
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Igor Stravinsky
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
x. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1. Minute Waltz
y. Ludwig van Beethoven 2. Pathétique Sonata
z. Frédéric Chopin 3. Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
x-1, y-3, z-2
x-3, y-2, z-1
x-2, y-3, z-1
x-1, y-2, z-3
Congress gave him a medal for composing the World War One anthem “Over There.” Which man below, the “Yankee Doodle Dandy,” also wrote “Give My Regards to Broadway”?
Jerome Kern
Harold Arlen
Irving Berlin
George M. Cohan
Which one of the following songs did Duke Ellington co-compose?
“Moonlight Serenade”
“Begin the Beguine”
“Mood Indigo”
“The Entertainer”
Below are four movie composers. Which one wrote the scores for E.T., the Indiana Jones franchise, and Star Wars?
Danny Elfman
Hans Zimmer
Thomas Newman
John Williams
Which of the following choices names a George Gershwin composition for orchestra with a piano solo?
Rhapsody in Blue
Fanfare for the Common Man
Rodeo
Grand Canyon Suite
Reed and electric are two types of which instrument, whose most famous versions force compressed air through sets of pipes?
trombone
recorder
organ
accordion
Three of the instruments below are brass. Which one is percussion?
bugle
steel pan
sousaphone
cornet
Which of the following instruments is a globular flute whose shape has been compared to an egg, a sweet potato, and a goose?
anvil
castanet
ocarina
fife
Seen here is a pear-shaped string instrument popular during the Renaissance. What is its name?
lute
dulcimer
fiddle
balalaika
Its composers included Johann Pachelbel and Claudio Monteverdi. Basso continuo accompaniment, counterpoint, and excessive ornamentation were all characteristics of which period below?
Renaissance
Baroque
Classical
Romantic
Match each composition with its type.
x. Appassionata by Ludwig van Beethoven 1. sonata
y. The Pirates of Penzance by W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan 2. operetta
z. The Washington Post by John Philip Sousa 3. march
x-3, y-2, z-1
x-1, y-3, z-2
x-1, y-2, z-3
x-3, y-1, z-2
Which song below is an example of a spiritual?
“Waltzing Matilda”
“Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen”
“America the Beautiful”
“Hush, Little Baby”
Which of the following choices names a Polish folk dance performed in triple time?
mazurka
tarantella
minuet
bolero
Which choice below gives the title of Anna Pavlova’s most famous dance solo?
“Incense”
“Tank Dive”
“The Legend of the Peacock”
“The Dying Swan”
It resembles the samba, which also originated in Brazil. Which of the following dances uses an 8-beat pattern for forward and backward steps with taps and steps together?
tango
merengue
salsa
bossa nova
He defected to the West when the Kirov Ballet performed in Paris in 1961. Which man below spent many years as the dance partner of Margot Fonteyn?
George Balanchine
Rudolf Nureyev
Vaslav Nijinsky
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Which one of the following characters is the protagonist of both the novel and musical Les Misérables?
Jean Valjean
Emile de Becque
Molly Aster
Christine Daaé
Rodgers and Hammerstein collaborated on three of the musicals below. Which one was a Lerner and Loewe work?
The Sound of Music
Flower Drum Song
My Fair Lady
Oklahoma!
Which of the following songs do Fagin and the gang sing in Oliver!?
“Count Your Blessings (Instead of Sheep)”
“You’ve Got to Pick a Pocket or Two”
“Haven’t Got a Prayer”
“Alone in the Universe”
Ariana Grande made her Broadway debut as Charlotte in which musical below, written by Jason Robert Brown?
Dear Evan Hansen
The SpongeBob Musical
13
Be More Chill
Match each Catholic saint with his description.
x. St. Ignatius of Loyola 1. wrote Summa Theologica
y. St. Augustine 2. founded the Jesuits
z. St. Thomas Aquinas 3. bishop of Hippo
x-2, y-3, z-1
x-3, y-1, z-2
x-2, y-1, z-3
x-3, y-2, z-1
Which of the following cities does NOT contain one of Islam’s most sacred sites?
New Delhi
Medina
Jerusalem
Mecca
Persian king Darius worshiped him. Which deity below is the supreme god of Zoroastrianism?
Krishna
Rama
Vishnu
Ahura Mazda
Which of the following holiday periods NEVER falls in December?
Advent
Holi
Hanukkah
Kwanzaa
Various legends say he was killed by a scorpion, Apollo, or Artemis. Which mythological man below was a handsome hunter who, after his death, was placed among the stars?
Midas
Hector
Orion
Adonis
Aglaia, Euphrosyne, and Thalia were beautiful fertility goddesses who together were known by which of the following names?
Graces
Fates
Muses
Gorgons
In the artwork seen here, Athena transforms what mythological woman following a weaving contest?
Andromeda
Ariadne
Atalanta
Arachne
He was the brother of Phantasus and Phobetor. In Greco-Roman mythology, which of the following gods sent human shapes to dreamers?
Pollux
Castor
Morpheus
Thanatos
The album she recorded with Tony Bennett, Love for Sale, was nominated for multiple Grammy Awards. Which singer below has won Grammys for such songs as “Rain On Me” and “Shallow”?
Lana del Rey
Lady Gaga
Halsey
Lorde
It merged with musical.ly, an app for making lip syncing videos, in 2018. According to Cloudflare, whichsite below surpassed Google to become 2021’s most popular website?
TikTok
Match each team with its sport.
x. Chicago Blackhawks 1. baseball
y. Atlanta Braves 2. hockey
z. Los Angeles Lakers 3. basketball
x-1, y-2, z-3
x-3, y-1, z-2
x-2, y-1, z-3
x-1, y-3, z-2
